The Messervy Y-DNA Project welcomes all participants who have a direct Messervy/Messervey/Meserve line.  We encourage you to join today!.

Our project is just getting started, and we expect to have many exciting discoveries.  

Participating is an opportunity to uncover information not provided in the paper records, which will help with your research of your family tree. We will also discover which family trees are related.  As the project progresses, the results for the various family trees will provide information on the evolution of the surname.

The surnames in this DNA Project are researched as part of the Messervy one-name study.  You can learn more about this significant research, and the associated family trees, by visiting the one-name study web site, or contacting the Group Administrator.

http://one-name.org/name_profile/Messervey/

Messervey@one-name.org

The Y DNA test tells you about your direct male line, which would be your father, his father, and back in time.  You must be male to take this test, and you should have one of the surnames shown.  If you believe there is a Messervy or variant in your direct male line, although you have a different surname, you are also welcome to participate.  If you are female, you will need to find a direct line male in your family tree to participate and represent your tree.

We encourage males to order a Y-DNA test for 37 markers, if possible.  Testing below this level is not as helpful. If you order less markers, you can upgrade later, though this costs a little more.

At a future date, the project may expand to MtDNA and autosomal DNA sub-projects.  

We have also established a General Fund, to accept donations in any currency via credit card. These funds will be held at the testing company, and used to help sponsor test kits for those key males who would otherwise be unable to afford the cost of participation in the project. We encourage you to make a donation. To make a donation please click on the link below "To donate to the general fund please click here". If you decide to donate, please specify "Messervy Project General Fund" in the top box of the Donation form.